Communications and Radio Broadcasting: Websites

A professional honorary organization of over 6,000 motion picture professionals, was founded to advance the arts and sciences of motion pictures.

seeks "to advance the art and science of the editing profession; to increase the entertainment value of motion pictures by attaining artistic pre-eminence and scientific achievement in the creative art of editing; to bring into close alliance those editors who desire to advance the prestige and dignity of the editing profession."

"ACA is committed to enabling the effective use of new and evolving communication technologies to facilitate instruction, research, and criticism; it offers a technologically-supportive venue for all who study the ways in which humans communicate. "

"Focuses on leadership development and journalism-related issues. ASNE promotes fair, principled journalism, defends and protects First Amendment rights, and fights for freedom of information and open government. Leadership, innovation, diversity and inclusion in coverage and the journalism work force, youth journalism and the sharing of ideas are also key ASNE initiatives."

(ABC) is the primary academic organization for the field of business communication scholarship, research, education and practice.

"ICA is an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication."

"NCA is the largest national organization dedicated to communication. Researchers, educators, and professionals, work to understand and better all forms of human communication."

"NSA is the national professional organization for speakers, providing resources and education designed to advance the skills, integrity and value of its members and the speaking profession."

(PRSA) is the nation’s largest community of public relations and communications professionals. They provide training, set standards of excellence and uphold principles of ethics for the global public relations profession. As a leading voice in the industry, they also advocate for greater understanding and adoption of public relations services.

"The Society for News Design (SND) is an international organization for news media professionals and visual communicators – specifically those who create print/web/mobile publications and products. Our members art direct, design, edit, report, illustrate, make photos and video, visualize data – and write code."

"is the nation’s most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior."

From the faculty members or graduate students at West Virginia University.

The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.

Dedicated to rhetoric and public communication in the U.S. Offers an archive of speeches, movie speeches, and audio figures of speech.

Produced by the Gallup Organization, this is one of the most authoritative polling systems in measuring and analyzing people's attitudes, opinions and behaviors. Gallup makes available roughly a year's worth of poll data. Many of the polls include partial comparisons to earlier years.

is primarily a directory of more than 7,000 bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries that are freely available online.

"a site for cutting-edge discussion of the cultural, political, economic and technological impact of communications, with special emphasis on emerging technologies." Links to papers and articles generated by the MIT Communications Forum, Comparative Media Studies conferences and the Media in Transition project.

An online resource for the video production professional.

Links to journals, magazines, websites, and reference resources related to television.

The WWW Virtual Library (VL) is the oldest catalogue of the Web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of HTML and of the Web itself, in 1991 at CERN in Geneva. Unlike commercial catalogues, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert.

The latest movie reviews.......

AFI is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media. As a non-profit educational and cultural organization open to the public, AFI relies on the generous financial support from moving arts enthusiasts to provide funding for its programs and initiatives.

From the Library of Congress, online video from subject specific collections, including early Edison films, animation, and rare vaudeville performances.

Large radio broadcasting collection, located at Thousand Oaks Public Library. Includes recordings, scripts, photographs and more.

This site contains recordings of some of the most important news events that have occurred since the BBC began broadcasting regular bulletins in 1922. Use the timeline to guide your way.

"Center for Visual Music is a nonprofit film archive dedicated to visual music, experimental animation and avant-garde media."

"HUD.com is a privately owned website that features a great deal of rumor and speculation, and must therefore be read as entertainment. All original content, both graphical and textual, is the intellectual property of CHUD.COM"

Describes itself as "The biggest, best, most award-winning movie site on the planet."

"Moving Image Source is a website devoted to the history of film, television, and digital media. It features original articles by leading critics, authors, and scholars; a calendar that highlights major retrospectives, festivals, and gallery exhibitions at venues around the world; and a regularly updated guide to online research resources."

Their mission is "to collect, preserve, and present historic and contemporary radio and television content as well as educate, inform, and entertain the public through its archives, public programs, screenings, exhibits, publications and online access to its resources."

Search the "Morning Edition" archives.

"The Paley Center for Media, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, leads the discussion about the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms for the professional community and media-interested public."

"Created to assist people in their search for public domain movies and to develop a better understanding of the public domain laws, this database is intended to serve as a source for this need."

Here you can legally download full-length feature films that are in the public domain for free.

The online film and arts magazine.

Award-winning short films supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, news about the Sloan Film Program's activities, original articles about science and film, and dialogues with filmmakers and scientists.

A database of film and television scoring. In addition to up-to-date information on the availability of particular scores commercially there are often insightful reviews of scores and even particular recordings of them. There are also links to sites for the purchase of available scores.

The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. They have been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968. Individuals may make
requests for video tape loans for reference, study and research. You must REGISTER to use this database.

An online resource for the video production professional.

Links to sites about specific directors, film theory, festivals, and more.

Links to journals, magazines, websites, and reference resources related to television.

"This site is divided into three main sections and 17 subsections. The main sections reflect the principal jobs of the journalist: reporting, writing and rewriting."

"FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints."

"Tools for consumers, students and producers of news from the Committee of Concerned Journalists."

Links to resources categorized by contemporary topics, and links to online professional tools, including sites on editing and fact-checking, reporting techniques, and writing with statistics.

"The Newswriting for Radio website is an online tutorial on the craft of radio journalism, with particular attention to the writing of news scripts. Since 1996, newscript.com has been providing creative suggestions and ideas to radio news reporters, writers and anchors, as well as to broadcast journalism students around the world."

Focusing the the future of digital journalism.

Their mission is to be "an incubator for civic journalism experiments that enable news organizations to create and refine better ways of reporting the news to re-engage people in public life."

This Center helps journalists do their jobs better and to serve their communities. Updated daily, it provides journalists with reliable information. Offers training, news, a job board and tips.

By the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, this research organization is dedicated to trying to understand the information revolution. They specialize in using empirical methods to evaluate and study the performance of the press, particularly content analysis.